Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-12 Thread Beverly Robinson
I just read the Framers Digest from Friday and wanted to add some information about Adobe's Transactional Licensing Program. We purchased our current TPS2 licenses through that program because it seemed like a good deal. I later found out that phone support isn't included in TLP purchases. (Not

Re: Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-12 Thread Beverly Robinson
I just read the Framers Digest from Friday and wanted to add some information about Adobe's Transactional Licensing Program. We purchased our current TPS2 licenses through that program because it seemed like a good deal. I later found out that phone support isn't included in TLP purchases. (Not

Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 09:38 -0700 9/4/10, Writer wrote: > > I think my first question would be if >> FM 8 isn't offered for sale anywhere >> because it's not a supported release, how you'd upgrade... > >That thought crossed my mind as well. As well as what Jeremy says, eBay. That's how I upgraded from 6 to 7 on Mac

Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Art Campbell
I think my first question would be if FM 8 isn't offered for sale anywhere because it's not a supported release, how you'd upgrade... And I was curious about why you think 9 has a buggy interface... after a year in use and three patches, it's at least as stable as 7.1 and quicker. Not to mention t

Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Mike Wickham
> (We are cautious about 9.0, don't want to struggle with a buggy > interface.) I wouldn't call the interface buggy. The only bugs popping to mind are one caused by dragging tab stops on the ruler instead of applying them in the paragraph designer, and some issues with Save as PDF. The first bu

Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Pinkham, Jim
--Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:42 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits? We're using FrameMaker 7.1 on XP with

Re: Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Steve Johnson
You're going to find it "interesting" locating a copy of Frame 8. It's doable but nobody sells it. There is a post on the Adobe Frame forum, I think, that has a solution where you get a volume license and use the license key to enable the Frame 8 features. I use Frame 7 and Frame 8 but not Frame 9

Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Steve Johnson
You're going to find it "interesting" locating a copy of Frame 8. It's doable but nobody sells it. There is a post on the Adobe Frame forum, I think, that has a solution where you get a volume license and use the license key to enable the Frame 8 features. I use Frame 7 and Frame 8 but not Frame 9

Re: Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 09:38 -0700 9/4/10, Writer wrote: > > I think my first question would be if >> FM 8 isn't offered for sale anywhere >> because it's not a supported release, how you'd upgrade... > >That thought crossed my mind as well. As well as what Jeremy says, eBay. That's how I upgraded from 6 to 7 on Mac

Re: Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:00:12 -0400, Art Campbell wrote: >I think my first question would be if FM 8 isn't offered for sale anywhere >because it's not a supported release, how you'd upgrade... Easy. Join the Adobe Transactional Licensing Program: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/volumelicensing/

Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:00:12 -0400, Art Campbell wrote: >I think my first question would be if FM 8 isn't offered for sale anywhere >because it's not a supported release, how you'd upgrade... Easy. Join the Adobe Transactional Licensing Program: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/volumelicensing/

Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Nancy Allison
We're using FrameMaker 7.1 on XP with SP3. I've been offered the opportunity to upgrade at work. The wikipedia summary of Frame 8.0 says "FrameMaker 8 introduced Unicode, Flash, 3D and built-in DITA support. A patch (8.0.1) was released during November, 2007 to fix a number of bugs and error

Re: Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Mike Wickham
(We are cautious about 9.0, don't want to struggle with a buggy interface.) I wouldn't call the interface buggy. The only bugs popping to mind are one caused by dragging tab stops on the ruler instead of applying them in the paragraph designer, and some issues with Save as PDF. The first bug w

RE: Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Pinkham, Jim
--Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:42 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits? We're using FrameMaker 7.1 on XP with SP3. I&

Re: Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Writer
> I think my first question would be if > FM 8 isn't offered for sale anywhere > because it's not a supported release, how you'd upgrade... That thought crossed my mind as well. I like FM9. I admit that it took me a while to adjust to the change in the interface, but I'm used to it now. If you

Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Writer
> I think my first question would be if > FM 8 isn't offered for sale anywhere > because it's not a supported release, how you'd upgrade... That thought crossed my mind as well. I like FM9. I admit that it took me a while to adjust to the change in the interface, but I'm used to it now. If you

Re: Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Art Campbell
I think my first question would be if FM 8 isn't offered for sale anywhere because it's not a supported release, how you'd upgrade... And I was curious about why you think 9 has a buggy interface... after a year in use and three patches, it's at least as stable as 7.1 and quicker. Not to mention t

Frame 7.1 to 8 upgrade -- benefits?

2010-04-09 Thread Nancy Allison
We're using FrameMaker 7.1 on XP with SP3. I've been offered the opportunity to upgrade at work. The wikipedia summary of Frame 8.0 says "FrameMaker 8 introduced Unicode, Flash, 3D and built-in DITA support. A patch (8.0.1) was released during November, 2007 to fix a number of bugs and error